Chapter Summaries

After waking from a disturbing sound, Gu You experimented with a spiritual-herb milk tea, then went to the Spirit Pagoda to visit Leng Yaozhu, whom he had not seen in three years. He entered using the platinum card she had given him, still anxious about how she would react to his new ties to Ya Li and Yun Ming.

• Gu You woke in a cold sweat and told Yun Ming he planned to stay a few more days to research a way to make money.
• Gu You made a bitter green herbal drink and asked Na'er to taste it; she pretended it was delicious, and he discovered it tasted awful.
• Gu You accused Na'er of lying, but she threatened to tell Ya Li, so he gave her his red card.
• After taking Na'er back, Gu You went to the Spirit Pagoda to visit Leng Yaozhu and entered with her platinum card.

Gu You returned to the Spirit Pagoda and was summoned by Leng Yaozhu, who was furious over the trouble he had caused and his connection to Ya Li. Gu You endured her flames but stood by his actions, urging her to accept that Yun Ming had not chosen her and to become his friend instead.

• Gu You learned that Leng Yaozhu had given him one of the Spirit Pagoda’s rare privilege cards and regretted ignoring her for three years.
• Leng Yaozhu recalled discovering that Gu You had become Ya Li’s godson and summoned him to her office.
• Long Yali brought Gu You to Leng Yaozhu, but Gu You tried to flee and was engulfed in flames.
• Leng Yaozhu confronted Gu You over the loss of face he had caused, while Gu You insisted he had done the right thing.
• Gu You told Leng Yaozhu to accept that Yun Ming had not chosen her and suggested that they become friends.

Leng Yaozhu told Gu You how her younger sister Leng Yulai disappeared after misunderstanding her feelings for Yun Ming, and asked him to help find her when he became strong. Before Gu You left, he revealed his forging ambitions and asked Leng Yaozhu for a Level Seven Soul Tool Milk Bottle, which she agreed to provide in three days.

• Leng Yaozhu told Gu You that her younger sister Leng Yulai had vanished decades ago after mistaking Leng Yaozhu's conversation with Yun Ming for a secret romance.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Gu You to cultivate properly and help her find Leng Yulai so she could see her sister once more before she died.
• Gu You showed Leng Yaozhu his forging badge and promised to make her a God-tier Mech and battle armor someday.
• Gu You explained that Zhen Hua was willing to accept him as a disciple and asked Leng Yaozhu for a Level Seven Soul Tool Milk Bottle.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to give Gu You the Milk Bottle in three days, then sent him flying when he excitedly lunged at her.

Gu You rode a train toward Heaven Dou City and discovered an Evil Soul Master using a flute to put the passengers to sleep. When the passengers awoke, the train had reached a desolate, snowbound place, leaving Gu You facing an unexplained crisis.

• Gu You examined his Soul Guide Milk Bottle, boarded the crowded Train No. 87, and meditated while traveling.
• Gu You overheard a mother explain that she could not afford to awaken her daughter’s Martial Soul and resolved to make awakenings free if he established his own faction.
• Gu You sensed a four-ringed girl playing a Nine Serene Flute that released black mist, recognized an Evil Soul Master’s attack, and pretended to sleep.
• In Noranalin City, Xiao Lai warned Kuang Zhan that their conspicuous actions could draw the Federation’s attention, while Kuang Zhan revealed his seven-ringed Bloodthirsty Bear Martial Soul.
• The passengers awakened to find the train surrounded by endless snow and violent winds, far from where they had been traveling.

Gu You and the surviving passengers from the Soul Guide Train were dragged to the Far North by Evil Soul Masters, who killed and froze most of the captives while forcing the rest toward Noranalin City. Gu You concealed his identity and belongings, and the captors explained how they had hijacked trains and evaded Federation pursuit.

• Gu You found that the Soul Guide Train had been cut down to seven carriages and was stranded in a freezing wasteland.
• Dozens of masked Evil Soul Masters and their Corpse Puppets attacked the passengers, killing the Soul Masters who tried to resist.
• Gu You hid his Soul Guide Storage Ring in his mouth and pretended to be a poor foreigner from Star Luo when an Evil Soul Master searched him.
• As the captives were driven through the snow, the group dwindled to just over thirty survivors.
• An Evil Soul Master revealed that the captives were near Noranalin City at the Far North border and described how the group had hijacked trains and cut off carriages to escape Federation pursuers.

Changsha ordered Zetao to pursue the train robbers, while Gu You and the other captives were imprisoned in the ruined Noranalin City. Zetao’s Mecha force attacked the city, but the Evil Soul Masters countered with a monster formed from countless resentful spirits.

• Changsha gave Zetao authority to recruit personnel and acquire Mechas so he could capture the train robbers, whose trail led toward Noranalin City.
• Gu You saw the ruined city’s vine-covered buildings and wandering, lifeless people as the masked leader called them loyal believers.
• Zetao led dozens of Purple Grade Mechas toward the city and promised to upgrade his Mecha if they survived.
• The Evil Soul Masters locked Gu You and the other captives in a prison, where Gu You quietly ate an energy bar and tried to bribe Qianyu with a lollipop.
• Zetao’s force bombarded the city with Soul Cannon Shells, injuring many Evil Soul Masters and prompting their air defenses to retaliate.
• A Soul Emperor Evil Soul Master summoned a giant dark creature made from resentful spirits and threatened to turn the Federation’s former citizens against its forces.

Gu You escaped the underground prison but was forced into a fight with Kuang Zhan after killing the madwoman who attacked him. As Gu You fled, Zetao’s desperate assault on the Evil Soul Masters’ giant creature failed, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Gu You tore open his cage and escaped with the prisoners, then left food for Qianyu while the madwoman grabbed him and demanded more lollipops.
• Gu You’s dragon claw pierced the madwoman, and he nearly attacked Qianyu before Kuang Zhan struck him away.
• Gu You fought Kuang Zhan with his strongest attacks, but Kuang Zhan’s seven soul rings and One-Word Battle Armor overwhelmed him.
• Gu You used a spiritual attack to stun Kuang Zhan and escaped while Kuang Zhan roared after him.
• Zetao charged the giant-eyed creature with his mech and Light Slash, but the attack failed and his mech fell smoking from the sky.

Gu You discovered that his Martial Soul could calm and absorb Soul Beasts, expanding the world in his Sea of Consciousness and raising his Spiritual Power. In a deeper chamber, he encountered the Ice Emperor Scorpion, whose attack overwhelmed him and left him in danger.

• Gu You entered a warehouse of caged Far North Soul Beasts, and his Martial Soul calmed them before they dissolved into his Sea of Consciousness.
• The absorbed Soul Beasts created snowy lands and other terrain in Gu You's mind, pushing his Spiritual Power into the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Gu You found another chamber filled with mostly Thousand-year Soul Beasts and absorbed them, expanding his Sea of Consciousness further.
• Gu You descended through another hidden passage and encountered the Ice Emperor Scorpion, which attacked him despite his attempt to negotiate.
• The Ice Emperor Scorpion appeared to fall lifeless, then attacked again, and Gu You's counterattack failed to hurt it.

Zetao and the Northern Legion fought the Jing Teng Evil Soul Master Regiment, but the battle revealed a powerful Evil God and a hidden Titled Douluo named Yue Zi. After Yue Zi destroyed the fighter jets’ attack and recovered from their sacrifice, she turned her attention toward the distant battlefield.

• Zetao fought off Evil Soul Masters with his Heavenly Prison Chain, but a Soul Emperor’s Curse Strike weakened him and left him falling as the Northern Legion arrived.
• Jiang Xing led the Northern Third Squad and a large Federation force into battle, while a president in a dark room suspected Evil Soul Masters had infiltrated the major powers and erased the track guards’ memories.
• Jiang Xing’s forces and fighter jets attacked the Evil Soul Masters, but the three Soul Emperor leaders and many others sacrificed themselves to empower an Evil God that survived the bombardment.
• Vines trapped the three fighter jets, and their pilots broke through with explosives before ramming Yue Zi and the Evil God in a final charge.
• Yue Zi survived the explosion, revealed herself as a Titled Douluo with Two-Word Battle Armor, healed her wounds, and looked toward her next target.

Gu You learned how the Ice Emperor Scorpion had been captured and offered to help her escape by becoming her Soul Spirit. After she accepted, he used the Milk Bottle to force a breakthrough toward level 30, leaving his body straining under the influx of Soul Power.

• Gu You questioned the Ice Emperor Scorpion about her capture, and she explained that a powerful woman with nine Soul Rings had beaten her and imprisoned her with a device that suppressed her cultivation.
• The Ice Emperor Scorpion realized the device might have delayed her hundred-thousand-year tribulation and pleaded to be freed.
• Gu You proposed becoming her Soul Spirit, and she agreed after judging him the only suitable candidate despite his low Soul Power.
• Gu You used the Milk Bottle to flood himself with Soul Power and began forcing his cultivation from level 26 toward level 30, reaching level 29 while enduring severe pain.

During the Ice Emperor Scorpion's sacrifice, Gu You absorbed her Soul Ring and near-Hundred-Thousand-Year right leg bone, then encountered the Dragon God's benevolent intent within his mind. The Dragon God revealed the history of its rebellion and explained that it had parasitized Gu You, sent him across worlds, and prepared nine seals for him to absorb.

• The Ice Emperor Scorpion gave Gu You her Soul Ring and right leg bone, explaining that she had become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast after merging with him.
• As the Soul Bone merged into Gu You's leg, he endured extreme pain and entered a dark mental world where he saw the enormous Dragon God.
• The Dragon God warned Gu You not to approach and said its malevolent intent would take over after its benevolent intent fell asleep.
• The Dragon God explained that it had rebelled against the Dragon God's decree barring Soul Beasts from becoming gods, but was defeated and annihilated.
• The Dragon God revealed that its surviving origin soul had parasitized Gu You, sent him across worlds, restored its power, and created nine seals for him to lift and absorb.

Yue Zi began her plan to become the Evil God as Jiang Xing led Federation Mechas into the vine-encircled city to rescue their trapped comrades. In the collapsing underground chamber, Gu You lifted the first Dragon God seal, gained the Life and Death Domain, and accepted the burden of the Soul Beast clan’s inheritance.

• Yue Zi dismissed an escaped person and ordered surviving Evil Soul Masters to delay the Federation forces while she became the Evil God.
• Jiang Xing ordered the Mechas to blast through the vines and enter the city, and his troops charged against dozens of Soul King-level Evil Soul Masters.
• The Dragon God told Gu You that the first three seals required progressively higher cultivation, while the remaining seals required God Level.
• Gu You lifted the first seal, underwent a physical transformation, and learned that he had gained the Annihilation and Genesis powers of the Life and Death Domain.
• The Dragon God warned Gu You that he was bound to handle the Soul Beast clan’s affairs and threatened mutual destruction if he broke the inheritance pact before disappearing.

Yue Zi transformed into a colossal Evil God and began slaughtering everyone in the city as Jiang Xing fought back with his Mecha. Gu You awakened a Divine Ring and new abilities, then emerged from the warehouse and headed into the chaos.

• Yue Zi merged with the city's vines and became a towering monster, whose vines massacred Evil Soul Masters and Jiang Xing's forces alike.
• Jiang Xing attacked Yue Zi with his Mecha and two level seven Soul Cannon Shells, but she extinguished the flames and remained unharmed.
• Gu You awoke as a stone brick fell toward him, shattered it with his aura, and discovered his Divine Ring and two domain-type divine abilities.
• The Ice Emperor Scorpion explained that Gu You's third Soul Ring granted Extreme Ice and the Domain of Ice and Snow.
• Gu You left the warehouse, destroyed a mass of attacking vines with Purple Gold Annihilation Kill, and learned from a fleeing Evil Soul Master that Yue Zi had become a monster.
• Gu You killed the fleeing Evil Soul Masters with Purple Majesty Dreadful Gaze and judged that their deaths were too merciful.

Gu You defeated Kuang Zhan after learning about his painful past and discovering a Crystal Bear within his mind. At Qingkong Space Station, Yong Hui identified the disturbance around the city as a possible Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master threat and called for the Northern Legion.

• Kuang Zhan used his Martial Soul Avatar against Gu You, who slowed him with his Ice and Snow Domain and subdued him with his second soul ring.
• Kuang Zhan’s memories revealed his childhood rejection, his father’s attack on his mother, and how he killed his father after his martial soul mutated into a Bloodthirsty Bear.
• Gu You summoned a Crystal Bear from his mind and ordered it to turn Kuang Zhan into crystal, but Kuang Zhan was already awake and smiling when the transformation took effect.
• Gu You shattered Kuang Zhan’s crystal body and granted him release as luminous streaks rose into the sky.
• At Qingkong Space Station, Yong Hui examined an image of a writhing tree and a storm-wrapped city, then notified the Northern Legion of a possible Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master.
• Xun questioned how such powerful Evil Soul Masters could have remained hidden while Yong Hui recalled the devastating test of the first Rank Twelve God-Slaying Soul Tool Bomb.

Gu You confronted the Evil God after the Mech Vanguard was nearly overwhelmed, summoning a horde of Soul Beasts and striking with his Divine Skill. As the battle continued, Jiang Xing rallied the surviving soldiers to fight alongside him.

• Gu You decided to face the consequences of the disaster he had caused and rushed toward the monster.
• Qiong Shiyu received an urgent message, assembled the Sixth Mech Regiment, and set out immediately.
• Jiang Xing's Mech Vanguard faced the Evil God's assault, and its soldiers began sacrificing themselves to damage her.
• Gu You arrived and summoned more than a hundred Soul Beasts from his mind, prompting the Evil God to recognize him as the one who had taken her collection.
• Gu You weakened the Evil God with Annihilation and attacked with Dragon God's Wrath, while Jiang Xing ordered the survivors to fight and prepared a Level Eight Fixed Soul Cannon Shell.

Yue Zi transformed into an Evil Soul Master with Limit Douluo power and attacked Gu You. After a force suppressed him and her Evil God Stab pierced his chest, Gu You accused Tang Hao and the Plane Master of abusing their authority, while Yue Zi sensed that killing him could erase her from existence.

• Yue Zi absorbed the vines, corpses, and energy around the city, transforming into a Limit Douluo with eight vines and nine black soul rings.
• The Ice Emperor Scorpion returned with its underlings, but Gu You recalled the divine beasts and activated his Divine Wheel against Yue Zi.
• Yue Zi attacked Gu You with her vines, and he dodged before using Ice Snow Stomp to raise ice spikes.
• Yue Zi used Evil God Stab to pierce Gu You's chest after an unseen force suppressed him.
• Gu You cursed Tang Hao and the Plane Master, while Yue Zi sensed that killing him would bring about her own erasure.

Gu You discovered that his Dragon God-level bloodline enabled him to control his conflicting powers, then fought Yue Zi and pinned her down as Jiang Xing’s destructive missile struck. After the blast, Qiong Shiyu reprimanded Jiang Xing for the soldiers who had died, while a faint purple light appeared in the fire cloud and Gu You heard a voice declare that he was not dead.

• After Yue Zi pierced Gu You with black spikes, Gu You awakened his Blood Essence Soul Ring and used Dragon Transformation to recover and tear the spikes from his body.
• Gu You attacked Yue Zi with Destruction Power, but she revealed divine power and blasted him away.
• Jiang Xing sealed the surrounding space-time and launched a Level 8 Armored Destruction-class Soul Cannon Shell at Yue Zi.
• Gu You grabbed Yue Zi and held her in place as the missile and his Destruction Ray struck, creating a massive fire cloud.
• Qiong Shiyu confronted Jiang Xing over the soldiers killed by his reckless orders, and Jiang Xing accepted that he would face punishment.
• A faint purple light flickered inside the fire cloud, where Gu You wondered if he was dead before an unknown voice insisted that he was not.

Gu You woke to find Yue Zi alive and heard how her family’s rejection and mistreatment led her to become an Evil Soul Master. Yue Zi invited him to join her in pursuing godhood and uncovering the world’s injustices, but Gu You refused and offered her a chance to change; they agreed to settle the matter in battle.

• The Ice Emperor Scorpion told Gu You that his Destruction Beam had altered the missile’s impact and that Yue Zi was still alive.
• Gu You met Yue Zi, who recounted how her family rejected her, how she developed her Bloodthirsty Sky Vine Martial Soul, and how she slaughtered her family after they called her an Evil Soul Master.
• Yue Zi urged Gu You to join her in becoming gods, arguing that the world had made them what they were.
• Gu You acknowledged Yue Zi’s suffering but challenged her killing of ordinary people and offered to seek Holy Spirit Ya Li’s help in purifying her Martial Soul.
• Yue Zi declined to turn back and said they would settle their differences with a battle.

Gu You was nearly killed by Yue Zi, but Yun Ming arrived and destroyed her with Sky-Piercing Sun Shot. After Gu You explained his claims about divine inheritance and Tang Hao, Yue Zi's soul escaped when a mysterious bolt of lightning struck Yun Ming.

• Yue Zi overwhelmed Gu You with her Evil God abilities and nearly killed him with Essence Vine Chaos.
• Yun Ming appeared and used Sky-Piercing Sun Shot to eliminate Yue Zi, then asked Gu You what to do with her soul.
• Gu You asked Yun Ming to hand Yue Zi's soul to the Federal government and spare it from destruction.
• Gu You told Yun Ming that his martial soul led to a divine inheritance and claimed Tang Hao had become the Plane Master.
• A bolt of lightning struck Yun Ming's hand, allowing Yue Zi's soul to escape into the ruins.

Gu You chose to kill Qianyu rather than let Yue Zi’s power and hatred threaten countless people, accepting that he had become guilty. Yue Zi resisted through Qianyu, forcing Yun Ming to reveal his overwhelming strength as the chapter ended.

• Qianyu tried to flee the ruins, fell, and fainted as Yue Zi’s soul entered her mind.
• Yun Ming brought Qianyu to Gu You and left the decision to him.
• Gu You realized Tang Hao had lured him into a trap that made Qianyu a moral hostage.
• Gu You merged Yue Zi’s soul with Qianyu and decided to kill the girl, believing the danger she posed could not be contained.
• Gu You opened Qianyu’s eyes, and her body went still, but Yue Zi unleashed a wave of black light in a final resistance.
• Yun Ming released his martial soul and displayed nine scarlet soul rings, forcing the surrounding ground to sink.